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On Tuesday, the West Virginia Board of Education will vote on approving Dr. Michael Martirano as the new State Superintendent.

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said he thinks the hire is a good move.

“It looks like he’s had some great accomplishments and successes in Maryland in, really, the kind of areas very similar to what most of West Virginia is,” he said. “With the extensive search that they did, I think the board did make the right decision...

The West Virginia Board of Education expects to elect Michael Martirano, who oversees a public school district in Maryland, as the next state superintendent of schools.

Martirano, who has served as superintendent for St. Mary’s County Public Schools in southern Maryland for nearly a decade, will be nominated for the West Virginia job on July 1, and is expected to be elected that day, according to a press release from the state...

An agreement signed Tuesday between New River Community and Technical College and the West Virginia Department of Education is expected to be a first step in making the transition from high school to college more seamless, officials said Tuesday.

The “memorandum of understanding” signed by New River President Dr. L. Marshall Washington and Dr. Kathy D’Antoni, WVDE associate superintendent, at the Advance Technology Center in...